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"This is a guy who isn't used to feeling helpless at all. He's usually in control. And now he realises that he could have lost her, and there wasn't a thing he could do about it."

The source adds that the dad-of-two wants to fly to Paris to take care of the situation himself, but knows he needs to stay by Kim's side.

Last night the pair were holed up in a New York penthouse protected by up to 20 security guards after flying out of France on a private jet.

Kim was pictured boarding the flight with her assistant and bodyguard Pascal Duvier , who was AWOL with her sisters Kourtney Kardashian and Kendall Jenner during the robbery and has been trolled by fans.

Kanye West looked visibly upset (Image: Splash)

The brunette beauty, who has children Saint and North with Kanye, left with a police escort and a convoy of TEN black SUVs after immediately upping her security.

A witness told The Sun newspaper : "They were not messing around - it was presidential level security.

"The police stopped traffic to get them home safe."

Meanwhile, the family are now on social media lock down after it was suggested Kim's flashy selfies could have given away her location.

Kim Kardashian's children were not with her (Image: GC Images)

Both Kim and Kanye have been silent on Instagram and Twitter since before the incident.

Kim - who has daughter North, three, and son Saint, nine months, with husband Kanye West - begged the robbers not to kill her because she has kids at home.

After they tied her up she was put in the bath where she began screaming, crying, and begging for her life so they duct taped her mouth shut.

The ordeal lasted around six minutes and the masked robbers took a jewellery box worth around $6.7 million and a 20-carat diamond ring she was given by Kanye worth $4.5 million as well as two phones.